Twice Lucky: This Dubai Man Has Survived Sri Lanka Bombings As Well As 26/11 In Mumbai
A Hindi proverb Ja Ko Rakhe Saiyan Mar Sake Na Koi no one can kill the person who is protected by God came literally true when a Dubai based Indian couple escaped blast in Sri Lankan capital Colombo last Sunday. Abhinav had survived 26/11 Mumbai attack as well as he was in Mumbai in 2008 Abhinay Chari and his Navroop K Chari were in Sri Lanka for business trip and were staying at Colombos Cinnamon Grand hotel.
A Hindi proverb Ja Ko Rakhe Saiyan, Mar Sake Na Koi (no one can kill the person who is protected by God) came literally true when a Dubai based Indian couple escaped blast in Sri Lankan capital Colombo last Sunday.
Sri Lanka was rocked by a series of blasts in Churches and hotel targeting mainly people observing prayers on Easter Sunday and the series of blasts left more than 250 dead and over 500 injured.
The couple was at Colombo's Cinnamon Grand hotel which was one of the eight targets. Surprisingly, Abhinav had survived 26/11 Mumbai attack as well as he was in Mumbai in 2008.
Abhinay Chari and his Navroop K Chari were in Sri Lanka for business trip and were staying at the said hotel where bomb blast took happened when Easter Sunday breakfast was served, reported the Gulf news.
The news agency IANS reported sourcing the Gulf News.
Facebook/Abhinav Chari
both, Abhinav and Navroop have grown up in Dubai, he told Guld News and it's twice that he has travlled out of the UAE and at both occassion, horrific terror attacks have taken place at places he was in. Abhinav was in Mumbai on 26 November, 2008.
¡°I was in Mumbai in 2008 studying for medicine. It was a horrible five- or six-day ordeal.¡±
Abhinav spoke about the ordeal, the couple had undergone in Sri Lanka, ¡°On Easter Sunday, we went to church. In the middle of the service, the priest made an announcement, requesting people to leave the church premises...
Facebook/ Navroop K Chari
¡°After we left the church we got into a taxi to go get some breakfast because that is what we would normally do after Easter mass. We started noticing a commotion on the roads and decided it was better to go back to the hotel.
¡°When we reached there we saw everyone out on the lawn. We thought it was just some sort of security protocol¡±
His wife Navroop told Gulf News: ¡°It was too soon to know anything on the news or social media, we still hadn¡¯t registered the scale of the incident. I could not believe what was happening in front of us. It was all like a movie...¡±
